Samui Orchid Resort, Koh Samui hotels Thailand

*Reviews of recent stays*	*Comment on the hotel*	*The reservation service*
Dr. Lovse Thomas 2008-08-27	Samui Orchid Resort, Laem Set Beach Very quiet and nice hotel, ideal for those people who want to relax, and enjoy a beautiful beach( only from 2 o clock in the afternoon because the water ist away (200m) before, but when there is water you have the whole beach alone , fantastic. The bungalows itself are nice and have a good standard, not like in a five star hotel but remeber you are not in europe, we had the bungalow in front of the sea with a 180 view (fantastic). The zoo show is also good, especially for kids	sawadee best for asia, everything worked fine
P.M. Steensma e/v Kuhlman 2008-08-08 until 2008-08-13	Samui Orchid Resort, Laem Set Beach Beautiful! Villa at the beach with private pool. Restaurant for lunch is ok! Nice view from villa in greater swimmingpool. I can recomend this resort. Resort taxi can pick you up until 22:00 from lamai beach.
Terence Cox 2008-03-18 until 2008-03-20	Samui Orchid Resort, Laem Set Beach Lovely Resort, right on the beach. Very quiet.Friendly staff. Although there is some new accommadation here,some of the resort is a looking little tired. Would still reccommend for the location and peacefullness	Very good, changed dates at short notice, no problem
Carole PAYRE 2007-12-22 until 2008-01-01	Samui Orchid Resort, Laem Set Beach I stayed with my husband and three children (7 to 12 years old) in the deluxe bungalow, 2 bedrooms and private pool for 10 nights over the chritmas holidays. It was a great value package, as breakfast was included and there was no compulsory Gala dinner for Christmas Eve and New Year s Eve (I checked a few other resorts, they all had very expensive dinners, which I thought was not fair!). The accomodation was FANTASTIC: a few steps away from a nice peaceful beach, a good size very clean private pool, a large terrasse in the shade and 2 large rooms with connecting doors, efficient and quiet aircon, nice size bathroom with hotwater. Clean and confortable, could not ask for more! The staff was very friendly, always ready to help, with a smile. Cleaning was done every day, new sheets and towels daily also. Breakfast on a terrasse near the beach was american style buffet, nice! For lunch, you could have lots of different snacks at the beach café, again friendly staff, good food and reasonnable prices. 2 huge pools, clean and deep enough for diving. A massage place on the beach with a friendly lady. For diner, there are no restaurants on the hotel ground, but you only need to walk a few minutes out of the resort to find at least 2 good restaurants, I would particularly recommend Simple Life , run by a Thai old couple: food is excellent, prices low ( around 800 bath for 5 people, all included) and you really feel at home. The hotel taxi also took us to 2 different resorts nearby (3 minutes drive) where you can enjoy bar, restaurant and beach. So no worry for diners either. There are lots of animals on the hotel grounds: birds, tigers (including babies!) and a large aquarium. Through the hotel reception, we booked daily trips to Koh Tao and Koh Tan for snorkling, taxis to other places on the island and other services. It was always as planned, on time and no hussle at all. If you want to be away from the too busy, too crowded areas of Chaweng and Lamai beach, this is the place to go to. This trip to Orchid Resort was a total success. Hope you can enjoy it too!	Booking service on Sawadee was fast and very efficient, I would use this service again anytime.
Wegener 2007-01-10 until 2007-01-15	Samui Orchid Resort, Laem Set Beach We had 5 good days at Samui Orchid Resort. Nice and clean rooms, but linnen could have been changed! Fine and long beach, clean in front off the resort, only few resorts along the beach, and a good walk by the beach to the muslim fisher-village. Good beach if you like kite-boarding, and the wind is right. But no restaurant in the evening, but free shuttle to Lamai running the day, last trip back at 20.15 is too early - Remember to tell the reception if you want to use the shuttle from Lamai to resort. Zoo and aquarium is ok, but do not choose the resort because of that.	Everything really ok, and very fast reply.
Mrs P Yeo 2007-01-08 until 2007-01-12	Samui Orchid Resort, Laem Set Beach We stayed here for 4 nights, we had 2 adjoining bungalows with our own plunge pool and after being in bangkok for 5 nights it was a good place to unwind before moving on to our final destination. We chose this resort as my daughter wanted to visit the zoo & aquarium and swim with the sea lions. She had a wonderful experience with the sea lions but in the aquarium we were distressed at how small the tanks were, especially for the larger fish. We are also concerned about the Bengal tigers and leopard show. As the tigers are now at threat from extinction, perhaps it is time that a new home can be found for them so they can be spared from performing circus tricks. This resort is very quiet & peaceful and is ideal if you just need to recharge your batteries for a few days. It has a lovely long beach, a perfect beach if you are into kite boarding but not so good for swimming! The two good size swimming pools, with plenty of sun beds made up for this. The staff were all very friendly and Jess on reception always went beyond her duties to help you. Something that needs to be taken in to consideration when booking this resort is that it is a little remote and as the beach bar/resturant closes at 1800 if you want to have a meal or a drink you needed to make your way into nearby Lamai. The resort offered a free shuttle to Lamai at certain times of the day but its last trip back at 2015 is to early.	quick, efiecient and had no problems
Stephan Gerhard 2007-01-02 until 2007-01-06	Samui Orchid Resort, Laem Set Beach bit old need to refurbish but nice beach and pool.service and staff support was excellent but breakfast is very bad.	excellent as expected
Lorna Frith 2006-12-22 until 2006-12-30	Samui Orchid Resort, Laem Set Beach We stayed in a 2 bed deluxe with our own pool. The rooms were very nice, although the bed was a bit hard. The staff were very friendly and accomodating. The animals were lovely and seemed in good health and well cared for. We especially enjoyed seeing the baby leopard and being able to pet it. Although it is a bit of a way from the towns, (there is a free taxi service to Lamai) if you want a quiet, relaxing time I would definately reccomend the Samui Orchid Resort. We had a fantastic time!!	Great, we will definately use this service again.
Elly Robinson 2006-12-22 until 2006-12-29	Samui Orchid Resort, Laem Set Beach I stayed here with my 3yo daughter, which was ideal for a number of reasons, being right on the beach, with a zoo and aquarium onsite (free entry for guests) and two fantastic pools. Staff were friendly and efficient. Only downside was being some way from the central area of Lamai beach, but there is a shuttle run by the staff which was adequate. The rooms were spacious, comfortable and clean, good value. There is a superb genuine Thai restaurant called M Best Friend down the road and staff will drop you there and pick you up - the BEST Thai food I had all trip.	Great, no problem.
Mrs T Larner 2006-08-23 until 2006-08-29	Samui Orchid Resort, Laem Set Beach We stayed at this hotel for 6 days at the end of a action packed holiday in Thailand and picked it as we wanted something comfortable and peaceful with a swimming pool. We were not disapointed! This place seems to be almost a secret is is so quiet. we had 2 large swimming pools and more sun beds than the 8 of us could ever use. We booked 4 rooms in the main building and they were fabulous. 2 of them had a double and single bed and the other 2 had good size singles. The beds were very comfortable and the room very large plus fairly powerful hot water showers and AC and TV. We also had breakfast included and this was a real advantage as this resort is not close to anywhere else to eat. There is a free taxi service to Lamai which we made use of in the evening but it was necessary to get a taxi back as the last taxi back is at 8.15. Another big advantage for us was that there was free entry to the Aquarium and tiger zoo. Our teens and kids went every day and fed the turtles and stroked the leopard sharks!!! The staff were on the whole friendly and fairly helpful but we did get the feeling that when we ordered food it was more trouble that we were worth. The snack bar is only open untill 8pm and the food was not great so we usually went to Lamai or asked the taxi to drop us at M frindly restaurant on the road to Lamai about 5 mins drive,(the restaurant will take you back to the hotel after you have eaten and the food there was good. Especially recomended is the pina colada in a whole coconut!!) It was blissful lying by the pool looking at the view of palm trees and the sea and we were at the pool from 10 till about 4pm without anyone else on most days,just incredible!	it worked for us like a dream.
Mathias Riecke 2006-03-31 until 2006-04-12	Samui Orchid Resort, Laem Set Beach Looking for a place to stay with my family (my wife Sylvia, my kids Dorothea and Max)I had surfed sawadee.com and found the Samui Orchid Resort. Although previous reports were not so good, we chose the resort because of the advertised privacy and the beach that was ideal for small children (ours are 8 and 6 years old). Booking via internet wasn´t a problem at all and the staff was very helpful and patient with my numerous questions via e-mail. We arrived at Samui in the evening after a really long time with several stops and delays, starting from Hamburg, and were picked up at the ariport by the hotel driver. We quickly checked in and our luggage was brought to our bungalow where we put the children to sleep and that was what they did the moment they touched their pillows. I was too wired to sleep, so Sylvia and I stayed up, enjoyed our first bath in the private pool of our luxurious bungalow and went down to the beach for a first quick look around. We stayed there for 12 nights and the reception staff was friendly enough to let us stay in our bungalow until 6 p.m. the day we left which was very kind because you usually check out around noon. Most of the time there weren´t many other tourists which suited us fine, the beach was impeccably clean and indeed very good for children because the water is very shallow for at least 30 meters before it gets deep. There were two big pools for us to use day and night and the children loved to join the the show at the zoo almost every day. We didn´t mind at all, having lots of time without children. The visit to the aquarium and the show were free for hotel guests. My daughter was deeply in love with the otters whereas Max favoured the tigers and they both enjoyed swimming with the sea lions a lot. Through the children, we became friends with the manager of the resort and his family who had come from Germany six months ago. My first visit to Samui was 20 years ago and although as a backpacker I have never stayed in a resort of this class, the first thing I had noticed was the friendly staff. Like many other tourists, I was never impressed with the service of the Thai staff who didn´t seem to be interested in guests returning, but this Thai stuff was different: they were smiling, attentive and most helpful in every possible way, thanks to the German manager´s training. The estate was well kept with a lot of busy gardeners and all buildings and rooms had been recently renovated, so everything was in perfect condition and I often caught myself thinking, while gazing over the pool at the beach, that this was too good to be true. The nights were really quiet as we were well away from the noise and the crowds of Chaweng and Lamai, but there were plenty of free transports to and from both locations and we used them quite a lot for shopping and several visits of a fantastic tailor from India who really improved our wardrobe for a very reasonable price. There were a lot of nice restaurants close by and my children loved to eat at the Ocean Cafe where the Thai cook was friendly enough to let me watch her prepare the food for us and learn a few new things. We would have loved to stay longer because everything was just perfect for us, but we´ll return for sure.
Joao Carlos Fernandes 2006-03-07 until 2006-03-14	Samui Orchid Resort, Laem Set Beach The hotel is a litle old, but the beach is great, better than Chaweng. But is very quiet, and they are renovating. No Problem..	The booking service works perfect.
Jennifer Pole 2006-02-07 until 2006-02-14	Samui Orchid Resort, Laem Set Beach So much potential.......a magic wand is needed. Staff should try smiling. They do have a shuttle to Lamai for those that want to shop, see nightlife and eat pizza. Great pools, lots of space, nice clean beach, very relaxing. Great for families and those that want to unwind quietly.	Fast but online rates need to be updated. Transfer was no problem.
Joel Williams 2006-01-02 until 2006-01-08	Samui Orchid Resort, Laem Set Beach Our family really enjoyed our stay. We were there for 1 week and would definitely recommend it, especially to families, but also for couples looking for a little privacy. Being away from the disco party atmosphere of Chaweng and having quiet, peaceful nights were great. The drawback of being away from downtown, was outweighed by the benefits. We did rent a suzuki jeep close by for 900 baht one day to explored the island. We also got a motorbike close by (walking distance) for 200 baht a day, which allowed us to run into town for things, explore, etc. If you want a nice place with a great pool right on the beach, without all the noise and traffic of the nightlife, at an affordable price, Samui Orchid is the place to go. If you want to be where all the people and action are, look for something on Chaweng. We enjoyed the helpful staff, the restaurant, bird and tiger show, walks on the beach, the pool (at any hour!), and watching kiteboarding. We definitely feel that Samui is a great place and a good bargain. The only drawback is having to drive so far when you want to go in to Chaweng. There are lots of nice restaurants closer, though.	Booking went as anticipated. Great.